Sujet

STS-92 touching down, Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA, October 24, 2000. Creator: NASA.

Légende

STS-92 touching down, Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA, October 24, 2000. The main landing gear on the Space Shuttle Discovery is just about to touch down in the Mojave Desert to mark mission completion. On board were astronauts Brian Duffy, Pamela A. Melroy, William S. McArthur, Jr., Leroy Chiao, Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Peter J.K. (Jeff) Wisoff and Koichi Wakata of Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). Discovery touched down at 2 p.m. (PDT), and rolled to a stop on Edward's concrete runway at 2:0l, for a mission elapsed time of 12 days, 21 hours and 43 minutes.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

Notre référence

HRM21B20_226

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Non

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Droits gérés

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9,5Mo (452,7Ko) / 17,3cm x 13,7cm / 2047 x 1624 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation country desert space exploration space shuttle landing geography color aircraft location century concept spacecraft 21st century space exploration space travel NASA MoJave Desert air Transport United States of America Colour orbiter Edwards Air Force Base Space Shuttle Discovery American America USA 2000s geographical feature photograph united states National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration STS Heritage Space air force base Space Transportation System